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It is with heavy heart that I am putting my Z of over 12 years' ownership up for sale. I have had many great times with this car but I am thinking of consolidating my two cars down to one as I have less time to give the Z the care and respect it needs, and am looking for something more modern and practical. The Z is overall in very good shape but I have listed all the bad points I can think of below. There's tonnes of service history, receipts, and all MOT certificates since ownership are included. SPEC ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Series 1, Japanese Import, LWB, myself the only private UK owner, Twin Turbo, Targa Top, Manual [converted from automatic], originally gunmetal grey. All usual UK-conversions done, like UK speedo, rear fogs, delimiter. G587 TVO MOT: expires 14th May 2015 MILEAGE: 142k miles Located in Leicester SERVICE HISTORY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All receipts for work carried out, many receipts for parts and modifications, and all MOTs are available dating back to start of ownership. GOOD POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The bodywork is largely in very good condition after having a respray in 2005 and a new bodykit in 2009 - the occasional stone chip or light scratch does little to detract from this. Brand new windscreen in 2008. New battery has barely done 1,000 miles. The interior is mainly in very good condition after having the seats and dash/door cards retrimmed in 2009/2010. Some other parts of trim are looking a bit tired and need re-gluing, and there's a smallish tear on driver's seat. The suspension all round, and front brakes are all aftermarket and have only done a couple of thousand miles or so since fitment. The engine is a very good runner and pulls especially well in 3rd and 4th gears, partly thanks to the N/A Differential modification. Just the occasional whiff of blue smoke on overrun after hard boost due to suspected PCV valves being slightly different spec (replaced in 2007). The engine and turbos were rebuilt in 2007. Car only covered on average 3,000 miles per year under current ownership. BAD POINTS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Electrics are in generally good condition, but after standing for about a week with no use the battery will not start the car. Also gives Windscreen demist works intermittently (either perfectly or not at all!) Boost controller is in working order but suspect there may be a fault or electrical short - possibly causing the above (I was planning on going with a manual boost controller). Front nearside tyre can scrub briefly on the inside when taking hard bumps/corners fast due to width of front tyre (I was planning on going down to 235 from 245). Exhaust body chirps at times when cornering hard left (catching on something underneath?) Cruise control never worked (I've never been bothered!). Small patch of paint bubbling near offside rear wheel. The three aftermarket gauges are out of order (oil press. never been hooked up, and the needles of the other two have snapped over time). Front washer motor needs replacing (replacement included with sale but not been tested). As with a lot of targa tops a bit of rain manages to get in and drip onto either passenger or driver seat. I cover the Z up when a lot of rain is expected. Running temps can get high when stuck in traffic for a while on a hot day (possibly due to removal of fan shroud). Rusty sills - driver's side is very bad particularly at the rear. Passenger's side isn't too bad and can be jacked up using the standard roadside jack. Some bad rust at the offside-rear corner behind the rear bumper. Also two holes either side of the boot floor. MODIFICATIONS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bodywork Colour change to 19H Mazda Atlantic Blue Wings West Bumper Stillen Louvred Headlight Panel Viper rear spoiler Veilside C2 blended sideskirts De-suaged doors Z-Centre mk.2 bonnet vent blended and cut into bonnet Smoked black side repeaters Crystal Clear front indicators Fog-light ducts Blue illuminated rear panel 99-spec rear lights Smoked rear reflectors HIDs Rear wiper removed Smoothed (de-mottled) rear bumper Carbon fibre B-pillar covers 19" Cruise 136 alloys Nexen 3000 Tyres (275 rear/245 front) Engine 2990cc Engine rebuild Wiseco 87.5mm forged pistons Cometic head gasket DeatschWerks Highflow Pintleless 555cc injectors TurboNOS chip & tune 360 degree ballbearing turbo rebuild AMS stage 4 3" Expansion split downpipes Labree 3" decats Labree 3" full exhaust system ApexI Powerflow intake GReddy Profec E-01 boost controller JWT Flywheel Z1 Motorsport sidemount intercoolers Koyo radiator ApexI Super-AFC2 ApexI Twin-Chamber BOVs SGP lightweight underdrive crank pulley Manual cams Series 2 PTU Relocated PTU near to air filter NGK Spark plugs Plenum water bypass Hardpipe intake kit Stainless steel rad pipes Engine bay electrical grounding kit Nismo oil cap Nismo radiator cap Braided fuel line kit AIV removed EGR bypassed Transmission/Drivetrain Auto->Manual conversion Hybrid T/T -> N/A Single-piece lightweight propshaft N/A Subframe R200 Differential RPS Organic Sport Clutch SGP Uprated Pivot Ball SGP Uprated Braided Clutch Line Short-shift gearlever Nismo Gearknob Suspension KYB AGX shocks Eibach pro springs (20mm drop) Powertrix front upper arms Powertrix rear upper arms Powertrix front tension rod Brakes K-sport Black 8-piston brake calipers (front only) K-sport 330mm vented and slotted brake discs (front only) High-performance brake lines (front only) Interior / Misc. Black/blue Vytex seat retrim with Z logo Electric blue interior panel trim kit Chrome dashboard rings Colour-change silver-face indiglo dials LED dash control pods Triple A-pillar pod F&F Boost Gauge * F&F Oil Pressure Gauge * F&F Water Temp. Gauge * Side quarter privacy glass ApexI Turbo Timer ApexI RSM ApexI G-Force Sensor Option Tuning steering wheel Carbon-fibre forward dash vents Nismo gearshift gaitor "300ZX Turbo" handbrake gaitor TOAD ai606 HISTORY ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Check the 300ZX.CO.UK journal here for other details of modifications/history/etc. OTHER STUFF INCLUDED FREE WITH SALE (I'd rather these just went with the car as opposed to selling & posting out individually) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spare key and alarm fob 4 x Z DVDs 300ZX.CO.UK shirt (L), hoodie (L) and 25th anniversary T-shirt (L) Canvas print [of the car but with its old bodykit] A3 print [of the car with its current bodykit] Z Mug [unused] Z Diecast model Z Coolart picture 5 x Z Club magazines Spare bottle of blue paint (correct colour for bodywork) Spare reg plates Bag of misc. spare fuses and relays Replacement front washer jet motor (untested) Replacement front wiper motors (untested) Spare stock driver's-side sun visor (boost controller currently sits in a modified sun visor) I know it wouldn't be up to me but I'd really like to see her enjoying the road for a while to come and not broken up for spares and aftermarket parts. Bearing in mind the MOT is about to expire I'm happy to let her go for far lower than I'd have wanted for her perhaps a few years ago, even though she's barely done 1,000 miles since passing the last MOT, and so I'm looking for £2,600 o.v.n.o. Please PM me if you're interested or have any questions. [video=youtube;sB-OVas0kGg] [video=youtube;-YpoZdvKdqQ]

Yeah some chaps on another forum had the same problem. It was down for me a few minutes ago but it's back up and my account appears to be ok.

Spotted this morning approaching a roundabout - I'm sure I've seen it on here before

Good idea! Worst three Ironing-board spoiler (long time ago) Little blue spot-lights and footwell neons (also a long time ago) Twin intake on the cheap Best three N/A Diff Current bodykit Manual conversion

Welcome Garth - that's a well looked-after Mazda :)

horrific video and unfortunately I suspect that genuine gatherings of enthusiasts will suffer as a result.

I vote yes, with a variety in location :)

Yep deffo next time Rich :)

[thread hijack] Who won car of the show btw?

mods feel free to merge with other threads. :)

Myself and Slick Pete were chatting today about how we got over 50 Zs back at the Ferrybridge meet in 2006, and how we got over 40 cars today at Coventry - how many of you were at BOTH because we could only think of four or five owners ourselves included...

agreed with the above - the weather did little to spoil the day, great to see some old faces there and a good turnout!! well done and thanks to the organisers it wouldn't have happened without you! :bow:

sigh - obviously from Battlefield 2! :rofl: the player's name just visible above the plane as it rotates and the ammo counters in the corners of the screen give it away :)